A worker walks between parabolic troughs at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. ... more

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A man walks in front of the entrance to the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A man walks in front of the entrance to the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started ... more

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An array of parabolic troughs stand at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started ... more

Workers clean the reflector panels of a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

A water tower with deaerators at its base, left, stand at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A water tower with deaerators at its base, left, stand at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

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A worker grinds a metal component for a deaerator at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A worker grinds a metal component for a deaerator at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat ... more

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The connection of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., to the distribution grid stands near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

The connection of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., to the distribution grid stands near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat ... more

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The connection of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated... Photo-4789587.64630 - Houston Chronicle

A security guard sits beside an array of parabolic troughs at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari ... more

Water flows into a reservoir beside an array of parabolic troughs at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

Water flows into a reservoir beside an array of parabolic troughs at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. ... more

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A worker inspects a solar field pipe, which connects to a reflective parabolic trough, at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A worker inspects a solar field pipe, which connects to a reflective parabolic trough, at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, ... more

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A worker talks on a mobile phone in front of expansion vessels at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A worker talks on a mobile phone in front of expansion vessels at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari ... more

Engineers monitor control panels in the operation room of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

Engineers monitor control panels in the operation room of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

Engineers monitor control panels in the operation room of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

Engineers monitor control panels in the operation room of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

Cooks make bread in the kitchen of the dining hall at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

Cooks make bread in the kitchen of the dining hall at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

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Workers stand in the turbine hall of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started ... more

A worker talks on the phone as he checks a deaerator's gauges at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A worker talks on the phone as he checks a deaerator's gauges at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari ... more

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A worker checks a gauge in the solar heat exchange section of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A worker checks a gauge in the solar heat exchange section of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power ... more

Laborers work on the banks of an unfinished second reservoir behind a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

Laborers work on the banks of an unfinished second reservoir behind a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, ... more

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Workers inspect the reflector panels of a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power ... more

Workers clean the reflector panels of a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

Workers clean the reflector panels of a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

Workers clean the reflector panels of a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

A worker prepares to jump from a solar field pipe at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A worker prepares to jump from a solar field pipe at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat ... more

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A worker turns a valve in the solar heat exchange section of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A worker turns a valve in the solar heat exchange section of the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power ... more

A worker turns a valve on solar field pipe that connects to a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A worker turns a valve on solar field pipe that connects to a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, ... more

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A worker turns a valve on solar field pipe that connects to a... Photo-4789613.64630 - Houston Chronicle

An array of parabolic troughs stand at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started ... more

Workers clean the reflector panels of a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

Workers clean the reflector panels of a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

A worker walks past an array of parabolic troughs at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat ... more

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A bird sits on a reflector panel of a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. started Asias biggest solar-thermal plant as India limps toward clean-energy targets with prices almost half the global average. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg less

A bird sits on a reflector panel of a parabolic trough at the Godawari solar-thermal power plant, operated by Godawari Green Energy Ltd., near Nokh, Rajasthan, India, on Monday, June 10, 2013. Godawari Power & ... more

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